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submitted 5 hours ago by CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Syrian refugee Mouhamad Al Jalmoud killed two and severely injured after failing to stop at a red light in Hamilton, Ont.

Guy didn't even have a valid Canadian Drivers License.

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[-] Routhinator@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 hour ago

What the fuck does this dudes race and living history have to do with this incident, exactly?

He was released from Collins Bay Penitentiary on September 24, 2025, on bail pending appeal.

[…] Two psychiatrists testified at his criminal trial that Al Jalmoud “suffered from (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) PTSD on the evening of September 25, 2022, that the PTSD led to a dissociative state triggered by Mr. Al Jalmoud’s encounter with the police officers in the white minivan, and that Mr. Al Jalmoud was in a dissociative state until he woke up in the hospital hours later. They both testified that Mr. Al Jalmoud was not in control of his actions. While he was capable of performing motor functions, he was not conscious or aware of what he was doing, either while driving away from the police or after the collision.

The guy is on bail, cannot do anything without his father present by the term of the bail and is awaiting the result of the appeal court. He did 6 months of prison

This is tinily vieil racism headline

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

he suffered from (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) PTSD on the evening of September 25, 2022,

that the PTSD led to a dissociative state triggered by Mr. Al Jalmoud’s encounter with the police officers in the white minivan [after the fact]

, and that Mr. Al Jalmoud was in a dissociative state until he woke up in the hospital hours later.

So the police triggered his PTSD after the fact of him driving knowing he had no license or skills to drive?

[-] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

You are missing an extraordinary opportunity here. You are thinking just like a defence attorney. (tongue firmly in cheek of course)

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world -1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Nah, Im definitely thinking like a proper prosecutor

~~If his dissociation wasnt triggered until he recognized the police in pursuit until after he was identified as operating a vehicle in an improper manner, how can they resolve his criminal liabillity ~~after~~ before the fact?~~

~~How can his PTSD be used after before the fact to justify his originally unlawful and dangerous operation of a vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident after the fact and use the excuse of his PTSD was activated after he was caught operating a vehicle unlicensed thru his objectively DANGEROUS (==improper) driving?~~

~~Like even if his PTSD was activated in a way that makes him NCR selectively after the fact, there were crimes before that they can nail him with like dangerous driving that should presumably be applied before that that ensure he's given a criminal conviction and he is further sanctioned.~~

~~This is also the problem with accepting random refugees from random nations with no analysis about who is entering and what their cultural/legal awareness is, or that of their relatives that make these resources available for them to cause such damage.~~

~~At a certain point, there needs to be a counterargument of "He's guilty of operating a motor vehicle knowing full well he was never authorized to do so and his failure to obey the law resulted in several deaths rhat would not hsve occured had he not had access to a motor vehicle or even better not been in the country to have committed the wrongfuk act that led to unwarranted multiple civillian deaths"~~

~~Like, how do you seriously argue this as a case of racism when he had zero reason to be here but even less reason to have believed he was authorized to drive at all?~~

~~Please, by all means, try to argue he had any discernable means of believeing he had any reason to try and drive when he was objectively unlicensed, he had likely not recieced driving lessons, etc.~~

~~Its almost like random ass people with zero adjudicated value to the Canadian economy shouldnt be fastracked to be able to enter or stay in the country and whoever allowed that by loosening standards to enable that kind of outcome absent any prolonged supervision should be also held accountable.~~

~~Almost like they should have to prove on an objecitvely provable basis that nobody but Canada would accept them. It shouldnt matter that their relatives are all Canadian, that never should have been a fastpass for people objectively unable to understand there are laws and systems to try and prevent what they on their unscrutinized entry have immediately caused despite the best of legal intentions.~~

~~Why are we so willing to eagerly accept new potential competing wage slaves that legally and practically destroy existing standards of living and also standards of conduct that make everyone already here less safe?~~

~~At the end of the day, he should be unarguably bound bsck for Syria after his sentence concludes if not before then and just be inadmissable on reentry attempt. Whoever allowed for this should be held legally just as liable for any of his damages. This case, like the random indian truck driver who killed the Humbold kids, should be just as much attributed to whoever politically enabked such outrageous entries.~~

~~The fact that someone who never should have even been here despite all common sense (how many safe areas ajacent to Syria were available for him to immediately flee to prior to the literal ocean-away Canada) managed to be unconditionally accepted and unsupervised to the point he literally murdered several native canadian citizens thru no fault of their own) is beyond aggregious. Whoever allowed him to enter should be co-serving a lifetime murder sentence for allowing the potential of unmitigated harm he was allowed to faciley enter despite the basis of~~

Sounds like he could have been psychologically evaluated before he was allowed entry. Fucking weird as fuck how this never happens until they've caused untold damage.

[-] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

He failed to stop at a red light and killed two while he was trying to evade the police.

"The review board heard police spotted the Ford Escape “swerving in and out of lanes and repeatedly increasing/decreasing the rate of speed” before the deadly crash, said the March 19 decision.

Al Jalmoud stopped for a red light at an intersection and failed to go when the light turned green, said the decision.

“The police officers at this time got out of their unmarked (white minivan), in uniform, to check on the driver based on their concerns that he might be distracted or impaired. As the police officers stepped out of their vehicle Mr. Al Jalmoud took off in the Escape. He kept heading north and failed to stop for another red light, colliding with the Hyundai.

The impact caused the Hyundai “to spin out of control,” said the decision.

John Wignall was ejected out of the rear window of the Hyundai and into a building. He died at the scene just after 11 p.m. Paramedics took Ryan Valentim, the other Hyundai passenger, to hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

The Hyundai’s driver, Hardick Patel, was taken to hospital with “very serious” injuries.

Immediately after the crash, Al Jalmoud “took off on foot leaving the scene."

Then, a "jury found Al Jalmoud “guilty of two counts of dangerous driving causing death and one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm,” said the review board." and he was sentenced to over 3 years prison.

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